No; I actually learned about that today (not joking). They both have 14 lines, but Shakespearean sonnets are made up in a different way. They rhyme in different patterns. So, to answer your question, no, a Shakespearean sonnet was not also called an Italian sonnet.
A Shakespearean sonnet is also known as an Elizabethan sonnet or an English sonnet. It consists of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter.
The last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called a couplet. They are the only adjacent lines which rhyme with each other, the others rhyming alternately. In a Petrarchan sonnet the last two lines form part of a six-line unit called a sestet
In a Shakespearean sonnet, there are 3 quatrains
It's called the couplet.
The English sonnet form is also known as the Shakespearean sonnet, named after the renowned poet William Shakespeare who popularized this form in his sonnet sequences. It consists of 14 lines with a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Yes, it's in my book which is called "Shakespeare's Sonnets"
The rhyme scheme is different. A Shakespearean sonnet is ababcdcdefefgg whereas a Spenserian is ababbcbccdcdee.
the English sonnet
another word used for shakespearean Sonnet
Spenserian, not sure of the spelling. :)It's called a Shakespearean Sonnet. Shakespearean as in William Shakespeare because he basically created hois own form of poetry.A.sonnet.
The rhyme pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg.